Accord With State Attorney General Calls for New Financial Controls

An international charity charged with missionary work of the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to new financial controls after discovering that a now-deceased officer embezzled some $1.77 million, according to the office of New York state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.

Mr. Schneiderman's office is expected to announce Tuesday that Kathleen A. Schroeck, the widow of Raymond F. Schroeck, has agreed to repay nearly $1 million in assets to the New York office of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, where Mr....